https://www.scmp.com/rss/324299/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Deyan Sudjic, the doyen of the international design world for so long, is contemplating the few months remaining before he relinquishes his position as director of the Design Museum in London. Next month, after a 14-year reign, he will be superseded by art critic Tim Marlow. But far from retiring, Sudjic will take up the position of emeritus director, responsible for maintaining “connections with high-profile donors”. As someone who has been at the forefront of design for so long as a curator,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3041832/londons-design-museum-director-modern-museum-culture-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3041832/londons-design-museum-director-modern-museum-culture-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:15:10 +0000 Heatherwick Studio is hidden behind a grand Victorian frontage down a side alley in a converted industrial building in central London. It is almost impossible to find unless you spot the battered Citroen 2CV parked outside, a quirky design classic that sums up the essence of Thomas Heatherwick’s design output: surprising, unconventional and yet compellingly timeless. Like the Citroen, Heatherwick’s designs are often more popular with real people than critics. With or without the design... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/interiors-living/article/3038597/designer-shanghais-1000-trees-development-googles-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/interiors-living/article/3038597/designer-shanghais-1000-trees-development-googles-new?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Nov 2019 04:30:10 +0000 Excitement about the speed of development in China is nothing new. Since the 1990s, China has built more shopping malls, hotels, office buildings, housing estates, golf courses and theme parks than any other country in the world. However, the jury is out on whether the structures that make up this architectural explosion actually look any good. Architect and photographer Kris Provoost’s new book, Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution, is an interesting addition to the fevered debate... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3038334/photos-modern-architecture-china-aedas-zaha-hadid-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3038334/photos-modern-architecture-china-aedas-zaha-hadid-and-other?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Nov 2019 04:15:14 +0000 Recently cities around the world celebrated Earth Hour, a symbolic event where businesses and landmark buildings switched off their lights to raise awareness of the need to conserve electricity and mitigate the effects of climate change. Thousands of well-meaning environmentalists literally fell over themselves to join in this global festival of darkness. It doesn’t matter that Earth Hour is almost universally ignored as a fatuous exercise in virtue-signalling – the act of grandstanding to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/2087119/west-can-sneer-all-it-wants-china-ecological-drivers-seat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/2087119/west-can-sneer-all-it-wants-china-ecological-drivers-seat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:02:22 +0000